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Wednesday, February 12, 2025

To My Rescue, It was the S1Ws (A Public Enemy Story)

The untold story and history of "S1WS” (Security of the First World), which served as a movement and force within Public Enemy, one of hip hop music's greatest and most influential forces. The story focuses on the collective and individual journeys of the S1WS from the streets of New York, overcoming life obstacles within society, and finding their purpose. But even more so, it is a comprehensive chronicle of the development of hip hop music as an important musical genre of rebellion and protest that captured the imagination of a generation; defining the players, conditions and events that made hip hop an international phenomenon that caught the attention of the world. Commentary by Chuck D, Flavor Flav, the S1WS, members of Public Enemy (James Norman, Mike Williams, Roderick Chillous, John Oliver Jr. and James Allen), Darryl "DMC" McDaniels, Ice Cube, Doug E. Fresh and Ice T.

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